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Yesterday, BetaNYC testified at COGE: NYC's Charter is hosted by a private company. City law shouldn't require a vendor license to read. We built five open-source tools to show what public ownership looks like.
beta.nyc/newsletter-2...
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BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York
BetaBuilders is here.
BetaNYC’s monthly sustaining donor community starts at $5/month and helps support our newsletter, Open Data classes, Mapping for Equity events, workshops, and Civic Innovation Fellowship.
Democracy isn’t given. It’s built.
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This week: BetaBuilders launched, COGE needs you on Thursday, and BetaBuilders Pride Night is coming up.
This week's NYC #CivicTech roundup: beta.nyc/newsletter-2...
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NYC is revising its City Charter, the document that defines how city government works and what New Yorkers can count on from their government.
Public hearings are open. Anyone can testify, in person or in writing. No credentials required.
We're testifying on June 11: www.nyc.gov/site/charter...
BetaBuilders is live — our new community membership program to directly fuel open data advocacy, civic tech programming, and NYC community work.
Learn more in this week's issue: beta.nyc/newsletter-2...
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Got an event, job opening, fellowship, dataset, report, or civic resource to share?
Submit it to our weekly newsletter and help keep NYC’s civic tech community informed.
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Join us at BetaBuilders PrideTech Night! 🌈
We'll be at Wilka’s Sports Bar for an evening of queer tech lightning talks, and the launch of something new: The BetaNYC BetaBuilders Community.
📅 Tuesday, June 23, at 6 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: www.beta.nyc/event/e260623
Today we're testifying on the NYC Charter revision — the process of rewriting the city government's founding document.
If you work in government technology, civic tech, or policy, this is the moment to weigh in.
Read our testimony at www.beta.nyc/2026/06/11/c...
Curious about AI but not sure where to start?
Join BetaNYC and the Office of Council Member Justin Sanchez for a free virtual AI 101 class. We’ll cover prompts, useful results, privacy risks, and civic AI tools.
📅 Thursday, June 18, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: beta.nyc/e260618
In the 1800s, our NYC’s civic elders ensured that our water supply would be piped in via open-standard (non-patented) pipes.
For the 21st Century, so should NYC’s digital infrastructure. @beta.nyc is calling upon #COGE to ensure #DigitalSovereignty.
Now and forever.
www.beta.nyc/2026/06/11/c...
BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York
BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York
BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York
BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York
BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York
BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York
BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York
BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York
Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲
Written testimony for Modernizing Government and Streamlining Government Technology.
Wednesday, June 10, at 5:00pmFordham University McShane Campus Center457 E Fordham Rd, Bronx, NY 10458(At the guard post, campus security will direct you to the McShane Center)
